I NEED INFORMATION

HI EVERYBODY, I NEED INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO TAKE ALL THE MEDICATION, I`M ON NOW, AFTER SURGERY. I KNOW I HAVE TO TAKE ANY MEDICATION, THAT COMES IN A LIQUID FORM, THAT WAY, AND I HAVE TO CRUSH, OTHER ONES. HOW DO YOU TAKE THE CRUSHED MEDICATION? DO YOU MELT IT IN LIQUID? OR DO YOU EAT THE CRUSHED IN, APPLE SAUCE, OR SOMETHING OF THAT TEXTURE? I KNOW, I SHOULD KNOW THIS, I USED TO BE A NURSE, BUT, IT WAS BEFORE YOU KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY. I FOUND OUT, NONE OF MY MEDS COME IN LIQUID FORM, AND MY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, CHANGED ANY MEDS, THAT COULDN`T BE CRUSHED, TO ONES THAT COULD. I GUESS MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS, AFTER SURGERY, WITH SUCH A SMALL POUCH, HOW DO I GET ALL MY MEDS IN? MY DREAM IS TO GET RID OF THESE MEDS, ONE AT A TIME FOREVER, BUT I DON`T KNOW HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE TO DO. I WOULD APPRECIATE, ANY HELP ANYONE OUT THERE CAN GIVE ME. MY OPEN VBG WILL BE ON 9-16-03, JUST A FEW SHORT DAYS AWAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ELAINE DANFIELD

My VBG was done on 9-2-03. Thank God I am doing very well. When I take my meds (birth control, pain meds, etc) I take them whole, one at a time very slowly. My doctor had to increase my pain meds and I was like how am I going to be able to swallow 2 "horse sized" pain pills.....This is what I did.....I would take one and then wait about 15 mins and take the other. You will find this is whole lot easier especially when it is going down. Just continue to take small sips until you feel it is down.

Hi Elaine, I am having the open vgb the day after you. Good luck with your surgery. I also wondered about taking meds. I got the chewable vitamins and I bought a mortar and pestle to crush the ones that I can, but wondered "How do I take them?" I heard of someone who got a blockage from taking a vitamin e capsule and had a terrible time. Good question.